Happy BL28 day, everyone!

John, Henrik, Steve, Miki, thanks so much for the great videos for those of us who aren’t near dealers!

Any idea if we can get a non-GVA version?

Curly wrote:

Happy BL28 day, everyone!

John, Henrik, Steve, Miki, thanks so much for the great videos for those of us who aren’t near dealers!

Hear! hear!

I think we're going to be in for a real treat with these! Looking forward to Geoff taking us through the magic and the process. 

FWIW, I think I prefer the fabric only versions..I can't wait to listen! 

Hi all, glad you like the videos from us usual suspects. 

I really do love Beolab 28 so I urge you to go and have a listen if you can. It's been hard reading through all this and not being able to comment! Pictures don't do them justice. 

Also something I didn't mention as per a question above they do not come with a GVA built in, the microphones are for calibration only. The right decision in my opinion, I'm not sure GVA as much as I love it belongs in a Beolab speaker. Easy enough to add a Google Nest display or Nest Mini if you want that feature. 

All the best, John (B&O Manchester) 

Thank you all 😁

They're a proper bit of kit and will pose great conundrums for customers in which way to go. It's the perfect problem for B&O to have imho because pricing wise:

90's= harmony 50's & 28's

50's= 1/2 65'' harmony and 4 bl 28's or harmony 28's and 18's.

Depending on that you do you have excellent options in the high end and in my mind this poses really fun questions 😎

Ah, i retract my question. Apparently, the mic is for room calibration only. It doesn’t look like voice assistants are included. Perfect!

Thanks for sharing all the videos, everyone--very insightful! I was fortunate to have an early opportunity to spend about 3 hours altogether with the 28s at my dealer, and was also very impressed with them--and in consideration of my advance look at them have held off sharing my thoughts until the public announcement.

The build quality is excellent and they look much better in person than in photos--they are beautiful. The design, while not quite as classic in my opinion as the 18s nevertheless is assuredly B&O and fits in well with an Eclipse or Harmony, which is how I'd personally plan to use them. The lamellas operate smoothly and whisper-quietly, and I liked the ability to quickly know whether they were in narrow or wide mode. 

The soundstage is expansive and impressive, and the bass is truly remarkable for their size. Listening to them along with the 50s and 90s, I'd say they punch above their weight class--and the immersive sound that comes from such slim speakers is really astonishing. While not quite as nuanced at their big brothers, as would be expected, they nevertheless confidently held their own for a fraction of the price.

My only minor quibble with them is that, compared to the 50s and 90s--or even a pair of 18s paired with a 19, which I didn't directly compare when listening to the 28s--I didn't feel the bass was quite as tightly controlled. It was present, to be sure, but it was a bit boomy at higher volumes and with bass-heavy tracks. That could have been a function of the speakers not being properly calibrated or perhaps the flooring in the showroom, or it could just be partly the nature of the downward-firing bass drivers. Some (including me, a decade or two ago) would love that aspect of them, but when comparing it to the spot on capabilities of the 50s and 90s it felt slightly out of balance.

I'd love to hear any thoughts from others who've spent time with them about their impressions--in particular with regard to the bass--as I was certainly impressed enough with them that I'm seriously considering buying a pair (or two) for my home.